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The official organ of the Victorian Race Walking Club2013/2014 Number 49

2 September 2014

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TIM'S WALKER OF THE WEEK

My walker of the week this week is shared between two of our young VRWC up and comers - 12 year old Kathleen O'Mahony and13 year old Hayden Walmsley. They were our two U15 3km winners at Middle Park last Saturday (Kathleen in 16:41 and Hayden in15:51). Both Kathleen and Hayden race with us nearly every week and their dedication and persistence has paid off this season withlots of PBs and a great second half of the winter. Well done Kathleen and Hayden.

Hayden and Kathleen in action on Saturday at Middle Park

WHAT'S COMING UP

Next Saturday sees VRWC walkers back at Middle Park for further winter season roadwalks. It will be a big day with a coachingsession for our U9 and U12 walkers at 2PM (before their walks), followed by our Winter Season Presentations after the meetfinishes. We will have awards for our major trophy winners as well as all placegetters in our Fastest Times and Handicaps pointscompetitions.

Saturday 6th September 2014, Middle Park VRWC EVENTS 2.00pm-2.30pm Coaching Session for U9 and U12 2.15pm 10km Open 2.15pm 5km Open 2.15pm 3km Open 2.15pm 3km Under 15 2.30pm 1km Under 9 2.40pm 2km Under 12 3.15pm VRWC Winter Season Presentations

Looking further forward, the Victorian 50km championship will be held on Sunday 14 September. This must be entered via theAV portal http://athsvic.org.au/event/2014-av-walk-series-50km-walk/ and it is open to all currently registered Athletics Victoriawalkers. This meet also includes a Racewalking Australia 50km Championship for Women - any female walker who is a memberof one of our racewalking clubs can participate - as well as a VRWC 35km club championship for the Ray Smith Trophy (again, opento both men and women). VRWC entries will be taken on the day or via our VRWC online entry panel http://www.vrwc.org.au/wp1.

Sunday 14th September 2014, Middle Park AV, RWA & VRWC EVENTS 7.30am 50km AV Championship - Jared Tallent Trophy Open

50km RWA Championship Open Women 35km VRWC Championship – Ray Smith Trophy Open 6 Hours Walk Open

10.00am 20km Open 11.00am 10km Open

And my usual plugs

• Our annual Falls Creek training camp will run from Sunday 28 December 2014 to Saturday 10 January 2015. You cankeep up with the latest Falls Creek Camp news by joining our facebook webpage at https://www.facebook.com/groups/726992100645163.

• Entries are now open for our VRWC 24 Hour carnival on the weekend of 4-5 October 2014. Events include 24 Hours, 12Hours, 6 Hours and RWA 100km. Check it out or enter at http://www.centurions.org.au/event2014.shtml.

VRWC ROAD RACES, MIDDLE PARK, SATURDAY 29 AUGUST

With our winter season quickly drawing to a close, we had our annual Beat Your Fastest Time races last Saturday. The concept is asimple one - choose a distance over which you have raced during the winter and then race it again with a view to beating your seasonbest time. The person who beats their time by the most in each division gets to pick a prize from the table. The day was wellsupported with 48 walkers competing in superb sunny conditions. Well done to our winners Rebecca Henderson, Simon Evans,Marlene Gourlay, Nikola Mandic, Irina Semenova, Ian Beaumont, Kathleen O'Mahony, Hayden Walmsley, NikolajDjordjevic, Grace Louey, Gemma Lillie and Joel Prys.

Some special notes: Well done to two of our young walkers Nikola Mandic and Corey Dickson who tested themselves out over 5km,welcome to first time walker Barry Jeffs, welcome to Tasmanian walker David Moore and congratulations to Heather Carr who set anew W65 5km club record with 29:03.

10km Open 1. Rebecca Henderson 57:10 PB 1:002. Pam Tindal 56:27

Alison Thompson DNF

1. Simon Evans 56:57 2. David Armstrong 66:58 3. Gerard Feain 64:12

Ralph Bennett DNF

5km Open 1. Marlene Gourlay 30:11 2. Heather Carr 29:03 W65 Club Record3. Donna Elms 31:51

1. Nikola Mandic 29:12 2. Barrie Wicks 38:21 3. Corey Dickson 25:35 PB 0:064. Bob Gardiner 32:48 5. Reese Walmsley 25:08 6. Paul Kennedy 28:30 7. Barry Jeffs 34:33 First time

3km Open

1. Irina Semenova 21:22 2. Gwen Steed 19:43 3. Jan Morrey 20:39 4. Celia Johnson 20:48

5. Madeleine Feain 19:14 6. Margaret Beaumont 25:26 7. Glennis McPherson 20:16 8. Anna Wallace 21:54

1. Ian Beaumont 25:32 2. John Morrison 22:25 3. Tony Doran 20:35 4. David Moore (TAS) 22:36

Jason Elms DQ

3km Under 15 1. Kathleen O'Mahony 16:41 2. Emily Noonan 17:46 3. Philippa Huse 16:08 4. Gabbie Crea 19:24 5. Jessica Lillie 18:59 6. Brodie Richardson 18:52

1. Hayden Walmsley 15:51 PB 0:042. Lachlan Feain 16:29

2km Under 12 1. Grace Louey 11:15 PB 0:272. Claire Noonan 12:30 3. Ruby Paten 11:16 PB 0:034. Charlotte Hay 12:06 5. Bianca Morrow 15:02

1. Nikolaj Djordjevic 10:53 PB 0:33

1km Under 9 1. Gemma Lillie 05:46 2. Elise Carbury 06:46

1. Joel Prys 05:22 2. Nikita Djordjevic 07:49

Lapsplits available at http://vrwc.org.au/wp1.

Marlene Gourlay, Paul Kennedy, Simon Evans, Ian Beaumont and Irina Semenova

Gemma Lillie, Rebecca Henderson, Nikolaj Djordjevic and Nikola Mandic

Thanks as usual to our many judges and officials. Sorry if I missed anyone.

Officials: Bob Gardiner, Mark Donahoo, Damien Elms, Harry Summers, Mark O'Mahoney, Ian Laurie, Tim Erickson, Don McLaren, Stacey McLaren, Justin McLaren (bike)

Judges: Peter Vysma(chief), Stuart Cooper, Frances Attard, Lloyd Nichols Canteen: Barb Gardiner, Wendy Cooper Photos: Terry Swan

Terry Swan was in action as usual with his camera - check out all the action at http://www.vrwc.org.au/coppermine/.

ACT WALKERS CLUB ROADWALKS, LAKE GINNINDERRA, CANBERRA, SATURDAY 30 AUGUST

Thanks to Robin Whyte for the weekly results from Canberra

Turkey Handicap - 7.1km walk 1. Barbara Eddowes 49:03 (00.03) 2. Robin Whyte 44:31 (00.29) 3. Val Chesterton 60:44 (01.04) 4. Bob Parker 52:17 (01.04) 5. Robyn Saunders 55:28 (01.16) 6. Jane Bates 48:39 (01.21) 7. Spencer Burns 39:37 (01.27) 8. Derek Robinson 49:21 (01.39) 9. David Mackenzie 55:34 (01.56) 10. Mick Saunders 50:49 (02.11) 11. Dylan Eddowes 47:12 (06.48) 12. Doug Fitzgerald 63:26 (07.26)

Turkey Handicap - 2km walk 1. Rosemary Parker 14:42 (00.04) 2. Elizabeth Henderson 11:07 (00.07) 3. Mitchell Baker 10:52 (00.22) 4. Tom Hunt 11:01 (00.59) 5. Kate Black 12:54 (01.04) 6. Colby Eddowes 11:34 (02.26)

SAMA ROADWALKS, BURBRIDGE ROAD, WEST BEACH, ADELAIDE, SATURDAY 30 AUGUST

Thanks to Colin Hainsworth for the latest results from the South Australian Masters in Adelaide. Colin commented: Warm arvo, a fewsmall hills. Welcome back to Leigh Smith – been absent with knee trouble since Hobart.

8k yacht handicap 1. M43 Matthew Anderson 1:10:53 44.60% 2. M84 Colin Hainsworth 1:05:20 77.06% 3. M52 John Leydon 49:24 68.90% 4. M71 Graham Harrison 56:31 73.22% 5. M76 Rodger Barber 1:01:48 71.65% 6. M68 Geoff Byham 54:21 73.38% 7. W49 Raelene Schild 1:02:11 58.37% 8. W70 Margaret Trengove 1:03:56 73.28% 9. W54 Marie Maxted 56:33 67.43% 10. M58 Richard Moyle 1:02:11 57.71%

4k yacht handicap 1. M78 Paul Boyce 34:36 64.00% 2. M79 Leigh Smith 30:38 73.38% 3. M71 Roger Lowe 31:47 63.36%

SARWC KING OF THE MOUNTAIN WALKS, BELAIR NATIONAL PARK, SATURDAY 30 AUGUST

SARWC had their annual King of the Mountains walks at Belaie National Park in Adelaide last Saturday. Well done to the respectivewinners. I know the circuit so I know how hard it is! Results as shown below.

10.2km 1. Richard Everson King (Open) 1:04:27 2. Peter Crump 1:06:49 3. Troy Hooker 1:08:10

5.1km 1. Alix Harlington Prince (U18) 32:06 2. Kristie Goznik Queen (Open) 33:07 3. Anna Cross Princess (U18) 34:52 4. Danielle Walsh 37:09 5. Samantha Findlay 38:42 6. Louisa Mitchell 40:28

3.5km 1. Bethany Cross Pixie (U15) 22:21 2. Ayeisha Wallace 24:20 3. Jay Goode Sprite (U15) 23:15

2.1km 1. Hayley Goode 16:21 2. Kerry Goode 16:22 3. Maddy Wallace Nymph (U12) 17:54 4. Helen Wallace 21:59

QRWC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS, KALINGA PARK, BRISBANE, SUNDAY 31 AUGUST

Well done to our Queensland walkers who had club championships on Sunday morning. Good to see Dane Bird-Smith back in actionat club level after his overseas campaign and his win the previous weekend in Albany.

Open & Masters 10km Men: (1) eq. Dane Bird-Smith, Nick Dewar 44.48 (3) Brandon Dewar 50.56 (4) Peter Bennett 52.49

(5) Shane Pearson 62.20 (6) Patrick Sela 73.38Women: (1) Jessica Pickles 55.15 (2) Nyle Sunderland 60.34 (3) Donna Beikoff 68.36 (4) Noela McKinven 78.53

(5) Christiane Dauphinet 81.08

U18 6km Women: (1) Clara Smith 30.56

U16 4km Women: (1) Mikaela Woodward 21.51 (2) Isabella Schofield 27.20

U14 2km Boys: (1) Jamison Stovin 10.24 (2) Ethan Clarke 11.25 (3) Callum Haig 12.24 Girls: (1) Jade Pearson 11.34 (2) Jenna Lawrence 11.36 (3) Amelia Wales 14.02

U12 1.5km Boys: (1) Adam Buchhorn 8.06 (2) Ben Jeffrey 8.27Girls: (1) Amelia Schofield 8.37

U10 0.75km Girls: (1) Anika Clarke 4.27 (2) Scarlett Schofield 4.46 (3) Emma Brittain 5.59

19TH EUROPEAN VETERANS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIS, IZMIR, TURKEY, 22-31 AUGUST

The 19th European Veterans Championships in Izmir, Turkey, have now completed and, from all accounts, were highly successful.Overall, the strong German team took top honours ahead of the Great Britain team. The two walks (5000m track walk on Monday 25August and 10km/20km roadwalks on Thursday 29 August) were both held in very hot conditions but the overall results were stillpretty impressive. Full results can be sourced at http://www.fidalservizi.it/risultati/Izmir_2014/Index.htm. There are also somecomprehensive reports on the omarchador blog website as follows

Women's 5000m walks: http://omarchador.blogspot.pt/2014/08/portuguesas-com-ouro-nos-5000-m-de.html. Men's 5000m walks: http://omarchador.blogspot.pt/2014/08/jose-bom-vice-campeao-europeu-de-marcha.htmlRoadwalks: http://omarchador.blogspot.pt/2014/08/alexandra-e-orlete-bisam-titulos.html

5000m Walk Women, Monday 25 AugustThe fastest times overall went to German Brit Schroeter (W35, 26:03.72) and Portuguese Alexandra Lamas (W40, 26:03.70) withonly a couple of hundreths of a second separating them. Overall, Italy topped the medal count with 5 (1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze),followed by Germany (2-1-1) and Ukraine (1-1-1).

W35 1 Brit Schroeter 1974 GER 26.03.72 W40 1 Alexandra Lamas 1972 POR 26.03.70

2 Vira Zozulya 1970 UKR 26.31.39 3 Edit Varasdy 1973 HUN 33.23.06

W45 1 Ellinor Hogrell 1968 SWE 28.25.03 2 Roberta Mombelli 1968 ITA 28.35.64 3 Andreja Poklar 1966 SLO 30.47.96 4 Mara Rinasa 1966 LAT 33.17.82 5 Meral Calli 1967 TUR 35.34.23 6 Gulhayat Guler 1965 TUR 37.25.37 7 Hayriye Duraganli 1966 TUR 37.28.50

W50 1 Veronique Cochereau 1959 FRA 29.10.65 2 Carmen Garcia Frontons 1960 ESP 29.39.83 3 Olena Veremiichuk 1959 UKR 30.06.32 4 Catherine Pongin 1963 FRA 31.46.09 5 Teresa Mendes 1964 POR 33.10.84 6 Macarena Uriol 1960 ESP 34.25.03 7 Anne Gormley 1963 IRL 36.17.19 8 Fatma Turkkal 1962 TUR 43.48.51

W55 1 Daniela Ricciutelli 1956 ITA 28.51.55 2 Natalia Marcenco 1954 ITA 31.02.21 3 Maria Paola Formiconi 1956 ITA 31.15.67 4 Monika Schwantzer 1955 AUT 33.48.15 5 Dace Saulite 1959 LAT 34.12.20 6 Fiona Jane Bishop 1959 GBR 35.49.32 7 Linda Farrow 1955 GBR 36.39.62 8 Olga Agisheva 1957 RUS 39.06.16 9 Tarja Siren 1958 FIN 41.02.96

W60 1 Maria Orlete Mendes 1951 POR 31.24.38 2 Claudine Anxionnat 1951 FRA 32.34.25 3 Maria Jose Briz 1951 ESP 32.52.97 4 Vera Avilova 1952 RUS 36.02.06 5 Alev Janetzka 1953 GER 36.17.50 6 Pilar Adan 1952 ESP 36.29.18 7 Nina Jurcina 1949 LAT 36.59.70 8 Kazele Demiray 1950 TUR 46.56.16

W65 1 Antonina Tyshko 1947 UKR 32.12.56 2 Rita del Pinto 1949 ITA 34.34.16 3 Heidrun Neidel 1947 GER 34.43.62 4 Brigita de Coppet 1946 SUI 35.34.37 5 Suzanne Loyer 1947 FRA 36.16.53 6 Marie-louise Wahlberg 1945 SWE 52.54.54

W70 1 Heidi Maeder 1943 SUI 31.44.85

2 Gisela Theunissen 1942 GER 36.08.21 3 Vera Grinberte 1940 LAT 36.20.43 4 Ursula Herrendoerfer 1940 GER 37.57.02 5 Larysa Lebedieva 1940 UKR 39.01.68

W75 1 Helga Draeger 1939 GER 40.18.82 2 Janina Fijalkowska 1936 POL 41.11.47

5000m Walk Men, Monday 25 AugustThe men's 5000m, like that of the women, was played out in temperatures well above 30°C. The top time overall went to GermanSteffen Borsch (M40, 22:30.45) with the first 4 men overall bettering 24 minutes, impressive for a Masters competition. Britishwalker Ian Richards won the M65 division by over 3 minutes with a fantastic 24:44.06. And a special mention for the new EuropeanM90 record of 44:35.63 set by German walker Gerhard Herbst.

M35 1 Francisco Julio Carmona 1978 ESP 24.26.92 2 Jose Manuel Rodriguez 1975 ESP 25.13.74 3 Igor Sapunov 1978 ITA 25.37.24 4 David Cervello 1977 ESP 28.32.24 5 Barlas Baris 1976 TUR 36.20.24

M40 1 Steffen Borsch 1973 GER 22.30.45 2 Normunds Ivzans 1971 LAT 22.52.21 3 David Pueyo 1973 ESP 23.38.68 4 Viacheslav Degtyarenko 1971 RUS 23.41.45 5 Jose Perales 1970 ESP 28.15.55

M45 1 Steffen Meyer 1966 GER 24.40.42 2 Hakan Caliskan 1968 TUR 25.59.88 3 Madars Breide 1964 LAT 26.54.04 4 Modris Liepins 1966 LAT 28.27.22 5 Jose Perales 1970 ESP 28.15.55

M50 1 Miguel Perianez 1962 ESP 23.44.98 2 Walter Arena 1964 ITA 25.26.27 3 Uwe Schroeter 1959 GER 25.28.98 4 Luis Abadias 1959 ESP 26.53.23 5 Markus Reifinger 1960 AUT 27.17.24 6 Silvio Dorigo 1962 ITA 27.31.84 7 Igor Agishev 1962 RUS 27.51.15 8 Marian Ion 1963 ROU 28.03.07 9 Ferenc Major 1961 HUN 29.43.60 10 Alan Roberts 1964 GBR 35.11.31

M55 1 Gabriele Caldarelli 1959 ITA 25.58.20 2 Helmut Prieler 1955 GER 27.02.03 3 Sergey Lyzhin 1955 RUS 27.27.77 4 Kauko Pekkarinen 1959 FIN 28.08.59 5 Wilfried Gaube 1956 GER 29.10.48 6 F Venturi Degli Esposti 1957 ITA 30.02.73 7 Vladimir Kuzmin 1955 RUS 30.38.13 8 Sadi Turkkal 1957 TUR 32.13.71

M60 1 Anatolii Shipitsin 1954 RUS 25.48.60 2 Fabio Ruzzier 1953 SLO 27.55.34 3 Alfons Schwarz 1954 GER 28.45.34 4 Rein Sumberg 1950 EST 30.44.88 5 Rostislav Kovar 1951 CZE 32.10.01 6 Celalettin Izze Turkkal 1953 TUR 33.02.02 7 Jan Arvid Rolstad 1950 NOR 33.16.86 8 Daniel Brot 1953 SUI 34.41.83 9 Santiago Segui 1953 ESP 36.40.77 10 Icten Sahset 1952 TUR 37.45.90

M65 1 Ian Richards 1948 GBR 24.44.06 2 Roger Michell 1948 GBR 28.13.87 3 Peter Boszko 1949 GBR 28.21.68 4 Sergei Murashev 1948 RUS 29.03.58 5 Ludwig Niestelberger 1948 AUT 29.27.63 6 Harijs Abolins 1948 LAT 29.44.62 7 Johann Siegele 1948 AUT 30.51.74 8 Bernard Delayre 1947 FRA 31.22.73 9 Jean-pierre Pin 1949 FRA 32.04.37 10 Roberto Piaser 1948 ITA 32.20.66 11 Rudolf Michlfeit 1946 AUT 34.44.12 12 Francois Poncin 1944 FRA 36.38.95

13 Louis Bellevegue 1946 FRA 37.22.03 14 Walter Brandenburg 1946 SUI 43.49.71

M70 1 Ants Palmar 1940 EST 30.08.55 2 Alexandr Sartakov 1942 RUS 31.31.91 3 Christoph Hoehne 1941 GER 31.39.30 4 Raitis Lerme 1942 LAT 32.00.18 5 Oleksandr Volskyi 1940 UKR 34.32.45 6 Bronislavs Vucens 1943 LAT 34.49.80 7 Arthur Lillefosse 1944 NOR 35.06.04 8 Vladimirs Dribincevs 1940 LAT 35.47.10 9 Anatolii Onuchin 1940 RUS 38.32.14 10 Piergiorgio Andreotti 1940 ITA 41.04.73

M75 1 Romolo Pelliccia 1936 ITA 30.50.51 2 Edmund Shillabeer 1939 GBR 33.08.39 3 COPPET Alexis De 1938 SUI 33.26.49 4 Gunars Rubenis 1938 LAT 34.28.28 5 Erguder Yont 1939 TUR 35.59.08 6 Gernot Mittag 1938 GER 36.15.23 7 Wolfgang Schaefer 1936 GER 37.14.96 8 Horst Lenz 1937 GER 38.43.97 9 Petar Petrov 1936 BUL 44.59.58

M80 1 Ivan Pushkin 1930 UKR 35.26.64 2 Jose Bom 1933 POR 47.38.37

M90 1 Gerhard Herbst 1924 GER 44.35.63

The roadwalks were well reported on Facebook by British M65 dual gold medalist Ian Richards:

Latest from an extremely hot Izmir. About 40 degrees today for 20km men and 10k women with no shade for first half ofrace. Not quite as good a result as for the 5k but still individual gold, silver and bronze plus team gold. Both men's and ladiesraces were combined, starting at 5 o'clock. With a number of younger sub 95 min 20km walkers on the start line a fast pacewas possible but caution prevailed because of the heat... apart from myself as I found myself in the lead going through 1kmin 5m 03 and still in 3rd after 2km. Hung on to finish 10th in overall race, winning age group easily by over 15 mins. Behind,Roger Michel and Peter Bosko, still a relative newcomer, continued where they left off in the 5k, up with the best in their agegroup. They both suffered, however, over the second 10km. Roger still managed 3 rd while Peter finished 6th to ensure GBwon gold in the M65 team race. Not too far behind, Ed Shilabeer repeated his 5k form to again take silver but a lot closer towinner Peliccia - just 1m 23s. Fiona Bishop and Lin Farrow both acquitted themselves well in their 10k, Fiona finished 5 th

having had a real try to get a medal while Lin finished 6 th getting the better of our Irish friend Anne Gormley - a great resultin her first championships.

A couple of other notable results - the great Christof Hoene took bronze in the M70 in a time of 2.19.38 while Fabio Ruzzier,another former international (88 min 20k and 4h 6 50k), took silver in the M60 in 2.05.38. Those who decided to stay awaybecause of the heat missed some great racing - it's the same conditions for all and still great fun. News from the EVAAcouncil with some details of the non-stadia championships in Italy next May, non-stadia championships in Lisbon in 2016and the possibility of a masters international attached to a training camp next year to follow.

10km Women, Thursday 28 AugustTop time in the women's race went to Portuguese Alexandra Lamas (W40, 55:45), with scorching temperatures around 40°C, in a racethat was held in the Ormani Kent park, situated some 7km from the centre of Izmir. She was a long way ahead of the next fastest,namely German Brit Schroeter (W35, 59:20) and Italian Roberta Mombelli (W45, 59:48). Overall, Italy was the top nation in thewomen's 10km roadwalk with 5 medals (2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze).

W35 1 Brit Schroeter 1974 GER 59.20 W40 1 Alexandra Lamas 1972 POR 55.45

2 Edit Varasdy 1973 HUN 1.14.47 W45 1 Roberta Mombelli 1968 ITA 59.48

2 Ellinor Hogrell 1968 SWE 1.01.32 3 Aija Rogale 1968 LAT 1.04.15 4 Andreja Poklar 1966 SLO 1.05.14 5 Mara Rinasa 1966 LAT 1.10.56

W50 1 Veronique Cochereau 1959 FRA 1.02.23 2 Carmen Garcia Frontons 1960 ESP 1.04.02 3 Olena Veremiichuk 1959 UKR 1.05.32 4 Catherine Pongin 1963 FRA 1.08.14 5 Teresa Mendes 1964 POR 1.14.28 6 Anne Gormley 1963 IRL 1.20.26

W55 1 Daniela Ricciutelli 1956 ITA 1.03.59 2 Maria Paola Formiconi 1956 ITA 1.04.06 3 Natalia Marcenco 1954 ITA 1.05.39

4 Dace Saulite 1959 LAT 1.11.26 5 Fiona Jane Bishop 1959 GBR 1.12.56 6 Linda Farrow 1955 GBR 1.19.03 7 Olga Agisheva 1957 RUS 1.23.50

W60 1 Maria Orlete Mendes 1951 POR 1.07.08 2 Claudine Anxionnat 1951 FRA 1.08.13 3 Liudmila Nityagovskaya 1954 RUS 1.09.21 4 Maria Jose Briz 1951 ESP 1.12.34 5 Pilar Adan 1952 ESP 1.16.34 6 Liubov Hlushko 1954 UKR 1.17.04 7 Nina Jurcina 1949 LAT 1.18.42 8 Galina Lapaeva 1949 RUS 1.20.01 9 Vera Avilova 1952 RUS 1.20.55

W65 1 Antonina Tyshko 1947 UKR 1.08.11 2 Rita del Pinto 1949 ITA 1.13.02 3 Heidrun Neidel 1947 GER 1.14.15 4 Brigita de Coppet 1946 SUI 1.16.51 5 Suzanne Loyer 1947 FRA 1.21.55

W70 1 Heidi Maeder 1943 SUI 1.07.32 2 Gisela Theunissen 1942 GER 1.15.21 3 Vera Grinberte 1940 LAT 1.16.45 4 Larysa Lebedieva 1940 UKR 1.19.29 5 Ursula Herrendoerfer 1940 GER 1.19.36

W75 1 Helga Draeger 1939 GER 1.24.12 2 Janina Fijalkowska 1936 POL 1.25.09

20km Men, Thursday 28 AugustTop time in the men's race went to Latvian Normunds Ivzans (M40, 1:42:48) in the same scorching conditions, well ahead of the nextbest in German Steffen Borsch (M40, 1:44:58) and Russian Viacheslav Degtyarenko (M40, 1:46:06). And special mentions toRussian Anatolii Shipitsin (M60, 1:48:30) and British walker Ian Richards (M65, 1:55:36). Overall, 14 of the men failed to completethe course, proof of the extreme weather. Germany obtained the highest number of medals in the men's roadwalk with 7 (2 gold, 2silver and 3 bronze).

M35 1 Francisco Julio Carmona 1978 ESP 1.50.47 2 Igor Sapunov 1978 ITA 1.58.21 3 Gennaro de Lello 1979 ITA 2.01.31 4 Jose Manuel Rodriguez 1975 ESP 2.03.13 5 Francesco Scafuro 1977 ITA 2.05.00 6 David Cervello 1977 ESP 2.22.23

M40 1 Normunds Ivzans 1971 LAT 1.42.48 2 Steffen Borsch 1973 GER 1.44.58 3 Viacheslav Degtyarenko 1971 RUS 1.46.06 4 David Pueyo 1973 ESP 1.48.04 5 Ernesto Croci 1973 ITA 1.57.37 6 Christer Svensson 1969 SWE 2.06.47 7 Jose Perales 1970 ESP 2.09.44

M45 1 Steffen Meyer 1966 GER 1.52.50 2 Hakan Caliskan 1968 TUR 1.58.09 3 Franz Kropik 1968 AUT 2.01.27 4 Roman Brzezowsky 1964 AUT 2.01.32 5 Madars Breide 1964 LAT 2.03.40 6 Modris Liepins 1966 LAT 2.04.13 7 Jens Peter Artmann 1964 GER 2.22.17

M50 1 Uwe Schroeter 1959 GER 1.49.41 2 Luis Abadias 1959 ESP 2.02.48 3 Igor Agishev 1962 RUS 2.06.13 4 Nebojsa Stefanovic 1963 SRB 2.19.04 5 Zdenek Bittengl 1961 CZE 2.27.31 6 Markus Reifinger 1960 AUT 2.28.01

M55 1 Gabriele Caldarelli 1959 ITA 1.54.07 2 Helmut Prieler 1955 GER 1.55.57 3 F Venturi Degli Esposti 1957 ITA 2.04.20 4 Wilfried Gaube 1956 GER 2.05.25 5 Uwe Tolle 1955 GER 2.11.11 6 Sergey Lyzhin 1955 RUS 2.11.56 7 Sadi Turkkal 1957 TUR 2.20.11 8 Aykut Karabulut 1955 TUR 2.54.15

M60 1 Anatolii Shipitsin 1954 RUS 1.48.30

2 Fabio Ruzzier 1953 SLO 2.05.38 3 Alfons Schwarz 1954 GER 2.11.01 4 Rostislav Kovar 1951 CZE 2.23.36 5 Jan Arvid Rolstad 1950 NOR 2.26.35 6 Celalettin Izze Turkkal 1953 TUR 2.28.25 7 Santiago Segui 1953 ESP 2.40.47

M65 1 Ian Richards 1948 GBR 1.55.36 2 Roby Ponzio 1947 SUI 2.11.10 3 Roger Michell 1948 GBR 2.14.02 4 Johann Siegele 1948 AUT 2.14.37 5 Sergei Murashev 1948 RUS 2.15.20 6 Peter Boszko 1949 GBR 2.15.36 7 Bernard Delayre 1947 FRA 2.29.45 8 Rudolf Michlfeit 1946 AUT 2.36.32

M70 1 Ants Palmar 1940 EST 2.15.23 2 Alexandr Sartakov 1942 RUS 2.19.26 3 Christoph Hoehne 1941 GER 2.19.38 4 Zdenek Gonsiorovsky 1941 CZE 2.22.44 5 Bronislavs Vucens 1943 LAT 2.30.28 6 Oleksandr Volskyi 1940 UKR 2.31.27 7 Vladimirs Dribincevs 1940 LAT 2.33.05 8 Raitis Lerme 1942 LAT 2.36.08 9 Arthur Lillefosse 1944 NOR 2.39.56

M75 1 Romolo Pelliccia 1936 ITA 2.20.06 2 Edmund Shillabeer 1939 GBR 2.21:29 3 Horst Lenz 1937 GER 2.37.27 4 Alexis de Coppet 1938 SUI 2.40.26 5 Gernot Mittag 1938 GER 2.44.15

M80 1 Ivan Pushkin 1930 UKR 2.34.11

ENGLAND ATHLETICS U17 & U15 CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEDFORD, SUNDAY 31 AUGUST

The England Athletics U17 and U15 T&F Championships were held last weekend in Bedford. Full meet results athttp://england.athletics-uk.org/. It was good to see a number of Irish walkers competing and also doing well.

U17 Women 5000m Walk 1. Heather BUTCHER Cambridge Harriers 26:22.13 2. Sophie LEWIS WARD Cambridge Harriers 26:45.51 3. Orlaith DELAHUNT Sligo - Ireland 26:52.63 4. Fina HAYES Le Cheile - Ireland 31:20.36 5. Indigo BURGIN Cambridge Harriers 31:54.11

U17 Men 5000m Walk1. Andrew BELL Castlebar - Ireland 24:36.50 2. Luc LEGON Bexley AC 24:59.32 3. Timothy SNOOK Aldershot Farnham & Dist AC 25:06.85 4. Joseph MOONEY Adamstown - Ireland 26:24.03 5. David KENNY Farranfore/Maine Valley - Ireland 26:11.49 6. Colin ZACK Aldershot Farnham & Dist AC 30:12.92

U15 Girls 3000m Walk 1. Ana GARCIA City of Sheffield AC 15:02.18 2. Niamh O'CONNOR Celbridge - Ireland 15:06.81 3. Evie BUTCHER Cambridge Harriers 16:41.66 4. Alana ZEIDLER City of Sheffield AC 16:54.53 5. Anna BOURKE St. Coca's - Ireland 17:07.72 6. Megan STRATTON-THOMAS Swansea Harriers 18:22.52 7. Pagen SPOONER Wetherby Runners 18:30.52

U15 Boys 3000m Walk 1. Gearoid MCMAHON Shannon AC - Ireland 15:03.93 2. Christopher SNOOK Aldershot Farnham & Dist AC 15:36.53

Thanks to Mark Easton for these photos of the 4 winners. You can see these and lots more at http://markeaston.zenfolio.com/p112063110.

Ana Garcia and Heather Butcher (photos Mark Easton)

Gearoid McMahon and Andrew Bell (photos Mark Easton)

THE ATHLETIC BRIDGE MEET, DUBNICA, SLOVAKIA, 30 AUGUST

This year's Slovakian traditional end of season meet was held in the small town of Dubnica, with 3000m walks on the card. MatejToth was a non starter after his wonderful second place in the European 50km so it was left to Anton Kucman to take line honours inthe men's race with 11:11:14. The women's race was won by Hungarian walker Viktoria Madarasz who established an inauguralwomen's record, the first time that the women have had a chance to compete in this meet.

Men 3000m Race Walk - 30.08.2014 1. Anton KUČMÍN SVK 84 11:11.14 2. Ivan LOSEV UKR 86 11:22.36 3. Dušan MAJDAN SVK 87 11:34.70 4. Patrik SPEVÁK SVK 94 11:35.78 5. Milan RÍZEK SVK 78 11:42.28 6. Lukas GDULA CZE 91 11:48.19 7. Peter TICHÝ SVK 93 12:00.28 8. Pavel SCHROM CZE 91 12:25.35

9. Milan LINKEŠ SVK 95 12:46.43 10. Dominik ČERNÝ SVK 97 12:49.07 11. Zdeno MEDERA SVK 75 13:09.89 12. Tomáš GDULA CZE 97 13:35.71

Women 3000m Race Walk - 30.08.2014 1. Viktória MADARÁSZ HUN 85 12:34.20 2. Mária GÁLIKOVÁ SVK 80 12:51.47 3. Monika HORNÁKOVÁ SVK 95 14:14.55 4. Radoslava PILIAROVÁ SVK 96 14:57.95 5. Hana BURZALOVÁ SVK 0 15:23.35 6. Ema HACUNDOVÁ SVK 99 15:44.60

FINNKAMPEN, HELSINKI, FINLAND, 29-31 AUGUST

The annual Swedish-Finnish track walks were contested last Saturday evening in Helsinki as part of the Finnkampen meet and itturned out to be a Swedish victory overall 25 points to 18 points. In the men's 10,000m walk it was a Swedish trifecta with PerseusIbanez (39:18.60), Andreas Gustafson (39:32.08 and Ato Ibanez (40:50.72) all walking strongly. In the women's 5000m, AnneHalkivaha of Finland won with 22:29.03 ahead of Marie Olsson 22:43.88 and Karoliina Kaasalainen 23:08.79.

Men 10,000m Race Walk - 30.08.2014 1. Perseus IBANEZ SWE 90 39:18.60 2. Andreas GUSTAFSON SWE 81 39:32.08 3. Ato IBANEZ SWE 85 40:50.72 4. Veli-Matti PARTANEN FIN 91 41:10.46 5. Aleksi OJALA FIN 92 44:00.63

Jarkko KINNUNEN FIN 84 DQ

Women 5000m Race Walk - 30.08.2014 1. Anne HALKIVAHA FIN 86 22:29.03 2. Marie OLSSON SWE 86 22:43.88 3. Karoliina KAASALAINEN FIN 88 23:08.79 4. Monica MÅNSSON-MARTINSSON SWE 71 23:14.68 5. Henrika PARVIAINEN FIN 97 24:09.64 6. Lena TOMAS SWE 96 24:18.54

HUNGARIAN SUPER LEAGUE FINAL, DEBRECEN, HUNGARY, 29-30 AUGUST

And some great walking from Debrecen in Hungary as part of their Super League final, with Máté Helebrandt 41:40.03 and ViktóriaMadarasz 44:39.78 both recording good winning times.

Men 10,000m Race Walk - 30.08.2014 1. Máté HELEBRANDT HUN 89 41:40.03 2. Sándor RÁCZ HUN 86 45:10.02 3. Tomasz BAGDÁNY HUN 95 45:26.73 4. Bence VENYERCSÁN HUN 96 45:31.26 5. Dávid TOKODI HUN 91 46:15.19 6. Miklós Domonkos SRP HUN 93 47:17.70 7. Soma KOVÁCS HUN 97 52:01.67 8. Dávid KOLTAI-FARKAS HUN 83 52:25.14

Women 10,000m Race Walk - 29.08.2014 1. Viktória MADARÁSZ HUN 85 44:39.78 2. Barbara KOVÁCS HUN 93 51:24.82 3. Rita RÉCSEI HUN 96 51:37.68 4. Anett TORMA HUN 84 51:52.38 5. Brigitta MATALIN HUN 87 53:55.23 6. Anna SÜDI HUN 97 54:31.87 7. Villő HAÁLA HUN 93 54:54.55

Petra RÉCSEI HUN 90 DNF

VENEZUELAN U23 T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS, SAN FELIPE, VENEZUELA, 29-30 AUGUST

Now to South America for two U23 T&F Championship results, from Venezuela and Colombia.

Men 20,000m Race Walk - 29.08.2014 1. Richard VARGAS VEN 94 1:28:41.17 2. Carlos CEDEÑO VEN 94 1:48:12.55

COLOMBIAN U23 T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS, CALI, COLOMBIA, 29-31 AUGUST

Note here some of the walkers were noted as additional competitors.

Women 20,000m Race Walk - 30.08.2014 1. Carolina MARINO COL 94 1:46:51.0 2. Sara Patricia PULIDO COL 94 1:47:11.0 3. Lina Paola ABRIL FARFAN COL 96 1:55:33.0 4. Daniela Isabel MARINO COL 95 1:56:17.0

Wendy ROMERO (AC) COL 95 1:54:25.0

Men 20,000m Race Walk - 31.08.2014 1. Manuel Esteban SOTO COL 94 1:25:04.0 2. Kenny Martin PEREZ COL 94 1:27:55.0 3. Andres CARDONA COL 93 1:32:45.0 4. Santiago GOMEZ COL 93 1:33:56.0 5. Esneider PARRA COL 89 1:38:10.0

Brayan FUENTES (AC) COL 96 1:28:56.0 Diego Fernando CUELLAR (AC) COL 96 1:32:55.0

49TH PUCHAR OBRONCÓW POCZTY POLSKIEJ, GDANSK, POLAND, SUNDAY 31 AUGUST

The Polish Junior 20km championships were won last Sunday in Gdansk, in conjunction with the Puchar Obronców Poczty Polskiejwalks meet which featured 10km open walks, 5km junior walks, masters walks and a mass participation non-judged walk with over300 entrants. Ukrainian and Lithuanian walkers also added to the mix in the traditional racewalk events and provided additionalquality. The junior titles went to Justyna Swierczysnka 1:43:46 and Mateusz Nowak 1:34:12, although Ukrainian walker VasylynaVitorshchyk was first overall in the women's race with 1:36:20. The 10km women's race saw the first three fighting it out, with BrigitVirbalyte winning in a new Lithuanian national record of 43:36, while the men's 10km was won by Polish walker Rafal Sikora with41:26.

20km Junior Women 1. VITORSHCHYK Vasylyna 1988 Ukraina (UKR) 1:36:20 2. SWIERCZYNSKA Justyna 1987 PLKS Gwda Pila (POL) 1:43:46 3. MAJCHROWICZ Kinga 1995 CWKS Resovia Rzeszów (POL) 1:51:38 4. KANTOROWSKA Barbara 1995 LKS Stal Mielec (POL) 1:54:53 5. BAJON Anna 1994 UKS Gimnazjon Suchy Las (POL) 1:55:33 6. KALINA Natalia 1996 GUKLA Bratkowice Korzeniowski.p 2:09:08

20km Junior Men 1. NOWAK Mateusz 1996 UKS Skoczek Skoki (POL) 1:34:12 2. CHOJECKI Daniel 1995 WLKS Iganie Nowe (POL) 1:34:32 3. ZIELINSKI Szymon 1995 UKS Orkan Sroda Wlkp. (POL) 1:40:34 4. CZARTOSZEWSKI Szymon 1996 WLKS Iganie Nowe (POL) 1:40:53 5. KOMAROWSKI Kamil 1995 MKS Juvenia Bialystok (POL) 1:46:18 6. RZEZNIK Krzysztof 1993 UKS Maraton - Korzeniowski.pl Bi 1:46:20 7. KUBAS Marek 1996 GUKLA Bratkowice Korzeniowski.p 1:47:50 8. CYNGOT Jacek 1996 UKS Olimp Kozienice (POL) 1:49:55 9. BACHOR Jakub 1998 CWKS Resovia Rzeszów (POL) 2:03:42

10km Women 1. VIRBALYTE Brigit 1985 Litwa (LTU) 43:36 2. DYGACZ Agnieszka 1985 AZS-AWF Katowice (POL) 44:23 3. NERINGA Aidietyte 1983 Litwa (LTU) 45:14 4. GOLBA Katarzyna 1989 AZS-AWF Katowice (POL) 47:25 5. ELLWARD Agnieszka 1989 KL Lechia Gdansk (POL) 48:59 6. BEMOWSKA Joanna 1994 AZS-AWF Katowice (POL) 49:41 7. AUGUSTYN Angelika 1996 OTG Sokól Mielec (POL) 50:08

8. KARAS Jolanta 1989 AZS-AWF Warszawa (POL) 50:57 9. KAJUTH Anna 1996 CWKS Resovia Rzeszów (POL) 1:02:23

10km Men 1. SIKORA Rafal 1987 KS AZS AWF Kraków (POL) 41:26 2. SAVCHARUK Igor 1980 Ukraina (UKR) 42:35 3. AUGYSTYN Rafal 1984 OTG Sokól Mielec (POL) 42:49 4. MATUSZEWSKI Adrian 1994 KL Lechia Gdansk (POL) 50:26

5000m Track Walk Junior Women1. ZDZIEBLO Katarzyna 1996 LKS Stal Mielec (POL) 23:03 2. GREZIAK Emilia 1998 WLKS Iganie Nowe (POL) 25:16 3. JACHER Malgorzata 1997 LKS Stal Mielec (POL) 26:07 4. LICKIEWICZ Izabela 1997 WLKS Iganie Nowe (POL) 26:36 5. KOWALSKA Agata 1998 KKL Rodlo Kwidzyn (POL) 26:54

VORONOVO CUP, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, SUNDAY 31 AUGUST

The annual Voronovo Cup was played out in Moscow last Sunday on a cold day, with temperatures around 10oC and with occasionalshowers In the women's 10 km roadwalk, victory went to Ukrainian walker Lydumila Olyanovskaya with the time of 42:30, ahead ofItalian Antonella Palmisano with 42:50 and Russian Lina Bikulova with 43.44. In the men's 10 km roadwalk, Ukrainian star RuslanDmytrenko was too strong, winning in 38:50 ahead of French walker Bertrand Moulinet 39:08 and Russian Pyotr Trofimov 40:01.Sixth place went to the other Italian in the field, namely Marco de Luca in a PB time of 40:51. Nice race reports from omarchadorand marciaitaliana websites.

http://omarchador.blogspot.pt/2014/08/olyanovska-e-dmytrenko-vencem-em.htmlhttp://www.marciaitaliana.com/ita/dettagli_news.aspx?id=1865

10 km Women1. Lyudmyla Olyanovskaya 1993 UKR 42:302. Antonella Palmisano 1991 ITA 42:503. Lina Bikulova 1988 RUS 43:444. Natalya Holodilina 1989 RUS 45:435. Agnieszka Szwarnog 1986 POL 47:186. Nastassia Yatsevich 1985 BLR 47:587. Evdokia Korotkova 1979 RUS 49:058. Viktoria Shishkina 1998 RUS 55:22 9. Olga Karnaeva 1999 RUS 56:4010. Kristina Semenikhina 1997 RUS 57:19

Irina Shushina 1986 RUS DQNatalya Serejkina 1992 RUS DQMaria Czaková 1988 SLO DQ

10 km Men1. Ruslan Dmytrenko 1986 UKR 38:502. Bertrand Moulinet 1987 FRA 39:083. Petr Trofimov 1983 RUS 39:514. Aleksandr Yargunkin 1981 RUS 40:015. Kirill Frolov 1993 RUS 40:256. Marco de Luca 1981 ITA 40:517. Dzmitry Dziubin 1990 BLR 41:488. Pavel Yarokhau 1982 BLR 44:569. Aleksandr Nikitin 1988 RUS 45:1410. Zahar Sliva 1998 RUS 46:56 11. ladimir Nikitin 1988 RUS 46:5612. Mikhail Lyubavin 1998 RUS 48:58 13. Nikolai Ivanov 1993 RUS 50:0514. Mikhail Ivanov 1998 RUS 51:14 15. Ivan Foksha 2000 RUS 52:40

Jakub Jelonek 1985 POL DQ

OUT AND ABOUT

• For those of you who like a technical read, check out the 11 page document Tapering for competition: A review whichdiscusses the science behind tapering, written by Yann Le Meur of the Institut National du Sport:http://www.researchgate.net/publication/232700861_Tapering_for_competition_A_review?ev=prf_pub.

• If you are interested in progressing your walking and thinking of doing some summer competition with Athletics Victoria,this page is a must read for you: http://athsvic.org.au/generalnews/8-points-of-summer/. It is a beauty and succinctlysummarises what's involved. Well done on a great webpage, AV.

• We don't see too many books written about walkers so I highly recommend you consider buying Chris Maddock's newbook Money Walks. It traces his career through 5 Olympics, with all its ups and downs. I competed against Chris in the1982 COmmonwealth Games in Brisbane and then saw him walk in the 2000 Olympic 50km in Sydney - he had a long andillustrious career. And it's cheap! Check it out at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Money-Walks-Chris-Maddocks-ebook/dp/B00CEZTH8U/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top. It is available in both kindle and traditional book format.

• ABC radio program The Body Sphere aired a program called Talking About Walking on ABC Radio National last Sunday -and it featured short interviews with Australian Olympians Chris Erickson and Regan Lamble. You can download orlisten at http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bodysphere/talking-about-walking/5694562. Their interviews start ataround the 12 minute mark.

• The Pacific School Games is back on the agenda after a 7 year hiatus (it was last held in 2008). It is scheduled to be held inAdelaide from 21-29 November 2015 and will cater for teams from all States and Territories of Australia and from otherPacific countries. See http://www.pacificschoolgames.edu.au for the full announcement.

IAAF RACE WALKING CHALLENGE FINAL STANDINGS

With the series having ended at the recent European Championships, Ukraine’s Ruslan Dmytrenko and China’s Liu Hong held on totheir lead in the IAAF Race Walking Challenge standings, ending the season as the overall winners. Seehttp://www.iaaf.org/news/news/race-walking-challenge-2014-winners .

1 Ruslan DMYTRENKO Ukraine UKR 3 29 2 Jared TALLENT Australia AUS 5 23 3 Caio BONFIM Brazil BRA 5 18 4 Matej TÓTH Slovak Republic SVK 5 17 5 Erick BARRONDO Guatemala GUA 3 17 6 Miguel Ángel LÓPEZ Spain ESP 3 16 7 Omar ZEPEDA Mexico MEX 3 16 8 Omar SEGURA Mexico MEX 3 15 9 Dane BIRD-SMITH Australia AUS 4 14 10 Isamu FUJISAWA Japan JPN 3 11 15 Chris ERICKSON Australia AUS 3 7 23 Rhydian COWLEY Australia AUS 3 4 29 Adam RUTTER Australia AUS 3 3

1 Hong LIU Pr Of China CHN 3 34 2 Eleonora GIORGI Italy ITA 4 23 3 Ana CABECINHA Portugal POR 5 22 4 Inês HENRIQUES Portugal POR 5 17 5 Anežka DRAHOTOVÁ Czech Republic CZE 4 14 6 Sandra ARENAS Colombia COL 3 14 7 Lyudmyla OLYANOVSKA Ukraine UKR 3 13 8 Claudia BALDERRAMA Bolivia BOL 3 11 9 Mirna ORTÍZ Guatemala GUA 4 11 10 Kelly RUDDICK Australia AUS 3 10

VRWC CLUB RECORD UPDATE

Two VRWC club records to report this week - well done to Corey and Heather.

Corey Dickson U13 Boys 5km roadwalk 25:41 VRWC races, Middle Park 16/08/2014Heather Carr W65 5km roadwalk 29:03 VRWC races, Middle Park 30/08/2014

CELEBRITY PICS

Ok, another celebrity photo for us this week, just before the 2012 Olympic Games. It features Australian Olympic team membersKelly Ruddick and Chris Erickson and AIS chief coach Tudor Bidder (right) with then Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd.

Always happy to consider other walking related celebrity shots for the newsltetter so email them in!

DATES…DATES…DATES

As usual, I finish with a list of upcoming events on the local, national and international fronts. Let me know of any errors/omissions.

2014/2015 Australian/Victorian Winter Season Key Dates Sun 14 Sept, 2014 Victorian 50km and RWA 50km (women), Middle Park 4-5 Oct, 2014 VRWC/Centurions 24 Hour Carnival, Middle Park. Entries at http://www.centurions.org.au/event2014.shtml11-18 Oct, 2014 Alice Springs Masters Games. See http://www.alicespringsmastersgames.com.au/ Dec 5-7, 2014 Australian All-Schools Championships, Adelaide, SASun Dec 14, 2014 Australian 50km Championship meet, Fawkner Park, VICDec 28 2014 - Jan 10 Annual VRWC Falls Creek Camp. See https://www.facebook.com/groups/726992100645163/Mar 11-15, 2015 Australian Junior Championships, Sydney, NSWMar 26-29, 2015 Australian Open T&F Championships, Brisbane, QLD

Other 2014 Races of Interest Sun 5 Oct, 2014 International 50km Race Walk (IAAF permit) incorporating British RWA 50km Championship , 10AMSun 26 Oct, 2014 MTR 10km International Walk, Hong Kong.

See http://www.hkaaa.com/page.php?pid=1328&mid=147&ac_id=6&type=%

Looking further forward July 3-14, 2015 28th Summer Universiade, Gwanju, South Korea July 15-19, 2015 9th World Youth T&F Championships, Cali, Colombia Aug 22-30, 2015 15th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Beijing, China July/Aug 2015 20th World Masters T&F Champs Stadia, Lyon, France 21-29 Nov, 2015 Pacific Schools Games, Adelaide, SAMay 2016 27th IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Cheboksary, Russia July 19-24, 2016 16th World Junior T&F Championships, Kazan, RussiaOct 26 -Nov 6, 2016 21st World Masters T&F Champs Stadia, Perth, Australia. See http://www.perth2016.com Aug 2016 31st Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. See http://www.rio2016.org.br/en/Default.aspx July 2017 10th World Youth T&F Championships, ? July 2017 29th Summer Universiade, Taipei, Taiwan August 5-13, 2017 16th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, London, UK May 2018 28th IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Cheboksary, Russia

July 2018 16th World Junior T&F Championships, ? Apr 4-15, 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Queensland (racewalks on the program). See http://www.gc2018.com 2019 17th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, ? July 2019 11th World Youth T&F Championships, ? July 2019 30th Summer Universiade, Brasilia, Brazil July 2020 32nd Olympic Games, Tokyo

Tim Erickson, Secretary, VRWC, terick@melbpc.org.au Home: 03 90125431 Mob: 0412 257 496 Copies of recent newsletters are kept on the VRWC website (http://www.vrwc.org.au)